Patterns of experience with verbs affect long-term cumulative structural priming.
Recent studies of structural priming have demonstrated that although there is evidence of verb-based effects in short-term priming (e.g., stronger priming when verbs are repeated between prime and target sentences), such effects are absent in long-term priming. We present evidence that verb-based effects can be observed in long-term priming situations. This result has important implications for theoretical accounts of the mechanisms that give rise to structural priming and other such adaptation effects in language production.
Coyle
Jacqueline M
JM
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA. coyle@psy.fsu.edu
Kaschak
Michael P
MP
D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011584:Psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014825:Vocabulary